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Title: "PARTIALLY LIQUID-COOLING TYPE FORCEDLY AIR-COOLING
SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE"
SPECIFICATION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ~ ~ ~
1. Field of the Invention - ~ -
The present invention relates to a partially liquid- -~
cooling type forcedly air-cooling system for an internal
5 combustion en8ine, wherein at least a high temperature
- portion of a cylinder head is adapted to be cooled by means
of cooling liquid. -
Generally, in a cooling system for an internal -
combustion engine, there are three kinds of systems, namely
~ ~ 10of an air-cooling type, of a liquid-cooling type and of a ~-;~ ~ combination type comPrising these air-cooling and liquid- -~
cooling systems.
~ An air-cooled internal combustion engine has such an
}~ ~ advantage as being constructed simply and compactly because
15a delivery pump for cooling liquid and a radiator therefor - - -
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,f~ a cylinder head thereof tends to be heated excessively due
-` to its relatively high thermal load, an enhancement of
~, `output of such an engine is limited by contraries.
2aOn the other hand, a liquid-cooled internal combustion
engine has such an advantage that an enhancement of output
; thereof becomes possible owing to its intensive cooling
system~ But, in a different asPect, since the en8ine
requires a delivery pump for cooling liquid and a radiator
25 for such an intensive cooling, it becomes complicated and
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- large in construction inevitablY ( for example, refer to
British Laid Open Patent Publication No. 2127487 A ).
And a partially liquid-cooled internal combustion engine
has such an advantage that a cooling system can be reduced
in size totally due to a decreased load in a liquid-cooling
apparatus and also due to the accomplishment of a small-
scale radiator and a reduced quantity of circulating cooling
liquid because a cylinder sub jected to a relatively small
thermal load is cooled by means of cooling air and at least
a portion of a cylinder head sub jected to a high thermal
load is cooled by means of cooling liquid.
<Prior Art>
As for such a conventional partially liquid-coolin8 type
forcedly air-coolin8 system, have been known the following
ones.
(1) Conventional Embodiment-1 ( Japanese Utility Model
Publication No. 1959-18309 )
This cooling system comprises a centrifugal cooling fan
disposed at the front side of the engine body of the
vertical internal combustion engine so as to rotate about a
fore and rear longitudinal axis thereof, a rectangular
prism-shaped fan casing arranged so as to cover the cooling
fan and the front sides of a cylinder and a cylinder head, a
- radiator located at an upper corner of the interior within
the fan casing, and a cooling air guide casing extended
backward from the fan casing throughout the cylinder and the
cylinder head. And the radiator is adapted to be cooled by
the cooling air flow passing through the fan casing, and the
cylinder and the cylinder head are adapted to be cooled by
the cooling air flow passing through the guide casing.
However, there is a following disadvantage associated
with the conventional embodiment-l.
(a) The radiator gets larger in size.
Since the cooling air flow delivered from the cooling
35 fan to the radiator is apt to impinge to the upPer wall of
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the fan casing at right angles therewith, a stagnation is
presented in the space for the location of the radiator.
Further, since the cooling air flow passing through the
space for the location of the radiator is hindered by the
5 cylinder head disposed at the lower reaches thereof, an air
flow resistance gets increased. In this way, as the space
of the location of the radiator has such a stagnation of the
cooling air flow and the flow resistance gets increased, the
flow of cooling air supplied to the radiator gets
10 decreased. As the result, the heat quantity per unit area
;- radiated from the radiator can't help decreasing, and the
radiator gets larger in size correspondingly.
(1) Conventional Embodiment-2 ( JaPanese UtilitY Model
Publication No. 1979-32085 )
15This cooling system comPriSes an axial flow fan ( a
cooling fan ) arranged aside at the front position of an
engine body of a vertical internal combustion engine, a
cooling air guide casing extended in the fore and rear
direction from the location of the axial flow fan toward a
-~ 20 cYlinder and a cylinder head, and a radiator arranged within
!',"```~: a space provided laterally outside of the cylinder head as
well as in the cooling air guide casing in such a manner as
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extending in the fore and rear direction thereof. And the
~` `radiator is adapted to be cooled by means of coolin8 air
25 flowing obliquely backward within the cooling air guide
- casing, as well as the cylinder and the cylinder head are
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J~` adapted to be cooled by means of cooling air flow of which
course is diverted transversely thereof.
However, there is a number of following disadvantages
30 associated with the conventional embodiment-2.
(b ) The external size of the internal combustion engine
gets lar8er.
Since the axial flow fan and the cooling air l~uide
casing pro ject laterallY outside of the engine body, the
35 external size of the internal combustion gets lar8er.
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(c) A transmission arrangement for drivin8 the cooling - ~r
fan is complicated. '~
Since the axial flow fan as a cooling fan is disposed
aside at the front side of the engine body, a comPlicated
transmission arrangement is required for interlockingly
connecting the input shaft of the axial flow fan to the
crankshaft beared in the engine body.
(d ) The radiator gets larger in size.
Since the coolin8 air flows obliquely backward relative
to the radiator which is so arran8ed to extend in the fore
and rear direction, the flow of cooling air supPlied to the
radiator 8ets uneven alon8 its len8th inevitably. Further,
the total quantity of cooling air passin8 by the radiator
8ets decreased because the c~linder head located at the
lower reaches thereof serves to hinder the passin8 of
cooling air flow as a lar8e flow resistance.
~ In this way, as the flow of coolin8 air is supplied to
`- the radiator unevenlY and in a small quantity, the heat
exchan8in8 efficiency of the radiator cant' help 8ettin8
20 worse as a whole and as a result a large-sized radiator 8ets
necessary owing to a small quantity of radiation heat per
unit area.
(e) The cylinder head and the cylinder are cooled under
an unbalanced condition.
S-ince the flow of coolins air supplied to the radiator
is hindered bY the radiator located at the upper reaches
thereof and to the contrary a lar8e quantitY of cooling air
is supPlied to the cy1inder due to a small flow resistance
prevailing at the upper reaches thereof, the cylinder head
is apt to be heated excessively by its lar8e thermal load
and the cylinder sub jected to a comparatively small thermal
load is aPt to be cooled excessivelY. Either of the
coolings is unbalanced. ~s a result, the cylinder head
` ~ tends to cause a sticking trouble as well as to brin8 in a
- ~35 bad combustion performance.
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By the way, besides above-mentioned embodiments, the inventor of the
present invention will mention another cooling system wherein there is provided a
cooling air discharge hole in the cooling air guide casing projected laterally outside
of the engine body and a radiator is disposed so as to cover the discharge hole, but
5 which has a following disadvantage.
(f) Since the radiator is located at a lateral outside of the cooling air guide
casing projected laterally outside of the engine body, the external size of the internal
combustion engine gets further larger.
SVMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to solving the problems noted above, and
has for its object to provide a small-sized high power internal combustion engine
in which the external size of the radiator for cooling liquid is reduced, the
transmission arrangement for driving the cooling fan is simplified and the good
cooling balance is maintained between the cylinder and the cylinder head.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention there is provided a partially
liquid-cooled air-cooling system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a
rotatable shaft projecting forwardly from a front wall of a crankcase of the internal
combustion engine, the shaft having a centrifugal cooling fan fixedly secured thereto
in front of the crankcase, the cooling fan being encircled by a fan casing having an
20 encircling wall; a back portion of a draft chamber formed within the fan casing,
provided with a cooling air delivery opening adapted to direct cooling air about at
least a cylinder of the engine; a liquid-cooling jacket, formed to be in at least a
portion of a cylinder head of the engine so as to be connected in communication to
a radiator for cooling a flow of a cooling liquid therethrough; and a wall portion of
25 the encircling wall of the fan casing being provided with an air distribution opening
having an outlet region, the air distribution opening being arranged at a side of the
` cylinder head, the radiator being located adjacent to the distribution opening.
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Accordingly, the present invention attains the following
ad vantages.
(a) The radiator for the cooling liquid can be reduced
in size.
Since the opening for the cooling air delivery and the
radiator are provided respectively at the external positions
in the diametral direction of the centrifugal cooling fan,
the radiator can be supplied with a sufficient quantity of
cooling air evenly and powerfully. Further, since at the
upper reaches as well as at the lower reaches of the
radiator there are no obstacles to the supply of the cooling
air toward the radiator, the flow resistance for the cooling
air can be restrained within a small degree.
Therefore, the whole of the radiator can be supplied
with a sufficient quantity of cooling air so as to enhance
the heat exchange efficiency thereof. Accordingly, the
radiator can be constructed in a small size because of an
increased radiation heat quantity per unit area thereof.
(b) The external size of the internal combustion engine
can be reduced.
Since the centrifugal cooling fan is provided at the
front location of the crankcase so as to rotate about the
fore and rear axis, the fan casing to encircle the cooling
fan can be reduced in its extent pro jecting laterally
outside the engine body. Further, since the radiator is
arranged at the side of the cylinder head outside the fan
casing, it can be accommodated within the rectangular space
of the internal combustion engine. As a result, the
èxternal size of the engine can be reduced.
(c) Since the cooling fan is directlY connected to a
rotation shaft such as a crankshaft, the transmission means
such as a transmission belt, transmission pull ies and so on
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can be omitted and the transmission arrangement for the
cooling fan can be simplified resultantly.
(d ) A good cooling balance can be maintained between the
cylinder and the cylinder head.
Since the radiator is cooled sufficiently by the cooling
air delivered through the opening while the cylinder is
cooled adequately by the cooling air delivered through the
distribution opening, the cylinder sub jected to a
comparatively small thermal load can be prevented from being
cooled excessively and the cylinder head sub jected to a
lar8e thermal load can be cooled intensively. Accordingly,
the cylinder and the cylinder head can be cooled under a
well-balanced cooling condition so that both the enhancement
of the combustion performance and the prevention of the
burnt sticking in the cylinder head can be attained
simultaneously.
By the above-mentioned advantageous features of the
items from (a) to (d), the internal combustion engine
according to the present invention can have a small-scale
- 20 construction and a high output power.
(e ) Additionally, in case that a delivery opening for
the coolin8 fan is provided so as to orientate to the
- cylinder and the cylinder head as well as the cylinder head
i is provided with a cooling air passage of which inlet is
orientated to the delivery opening of the fan casing,
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further following advantages can be attained.
That is, since the cylinder head is cooled by the
cooling air delivered through the delivery openin8, a
, capacity of the radiator can be lessened correspondingly
thereto. Hence, a reduction of the radiator size as well as
a decrease of the circulation quantitY of the cooling liquid
can be accomplished, and the size of the cooling system can
be reduced as a whole.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 through Fi8ure 7 show embodiments of the
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present invention;
Fi8ures 1 and 2 show the first embodiment;
Figure I is a front view showing an internal combustion
engine including a fan casing shown in a vertical sectional
5 view;
Figure 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the
internal combustion engine;
Figure 3 is a partial view showin8 a variant example of
the above-mentioned first embodiment:
Fisures 4 throu8h 6 show the second embodiment;
Figure 4 is a view corresPondins to Fi8.1;
Figure 5 is a view corresPondins to Fi8.2;
Figure 6 is a vertical sectional back view of a
principal part; and
Fisure 7 is a partial view showin8 a variant example of
the above-mentioned second embodiment.
~; DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Figures 1 and 2 show the first embodiment of the present
~` invention.
An internal combustion engine 1 is an overhead-valve
type direct-injection Diesel ensine constructed as follows.
- ` ~ An en8ine body 2 comprises a crankcase 3, a cylinder 4
inte8rallY formed at the upper side thereof, a cylinder head
5 and a rocker cover 6 each of which is arranged in order
25~ upwardly.
The crankcase 3 is equipped with a crankshaft ( rotation
,~ shaft ) 8 supported rotatably at a middle level position
thereof in such a state as extendin8 in the fore and rear
~ m ~ direction ( in the left and right direction in Fi8. 2 j the
L 30 same as this definition hereinafter ). The crankshaft 8
` pro jects outwardlr from the front and back opposite walls 9,
10 of the crankcase 3. The back end portion thereof
pro jected from the back wall ( the right side wall ) 10 is
formed as an output portion, and the other end portion
~` 35 thereof pro jected from the front wall ( the left side wall
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9 has a centrifugal cooling fan 11 fixedlY secured thereto.
And a piston 13 is fitted vertically sildably into the
cylinder 4 and there is provided a combustion chamber 14
above the piston 13. And the cylinder head 5 is provided
5 with an intake port 16 and an exhaust port 17 therein and
further equipped with a fuel in jector 18. The tip portion
of the fuel injection nozzle of the injector 18 is present
in the combustion chamber 14 so as to provide a direct-
in jection type one. And there is provided a valve actuation
10 mechanism 20 within a rocker arm chamber 19 enshrouded by
the rocker cover 6.
The coolin8 fan 11 comprises a plurality of vanes 23
which are protruded on the front surface of a flywheel 22
fixed to the front end portion of the crankshaft 8. A fan
15 casing 24 is attached to the engine body 2 in such a manner
as encircling the cooling fan 11. The encircling wall 25 of
the fan casing 24 has a portion 26 arranged at the side of
the cylinder head 5, which is located at the same height as
that of the upper end surface of cylinder 4 at the side of
20 the cylinder head 5. In the back wall ( the right side wall
in Fig2 ) 28 of the draft chamber 27 formed within the
fan casing 24. there is provided a delivery opening 29
orientated to the cylinder 4. That is, the front end wall
of the crankcase 3 is extended transversely outwardly so as
25 to form the back wall 30 of the draft chamber 27. and the
back wall 30 is provided with the delivery opening 29 formed
by cutting out the upper portion thereof 30. And the
cooling air flow delivered through the opening 29 is adapted
to come into contact with cooling fins 32 formed on the
30 peripheral wall of the cYlinder 4 in order to cool the
cylinder 4 adequately.
On the one hand, the cylinder head 5 has a liquid-
cooling jacket 34 formed substantially throughout therein.
The liquid-cooling jacket 34 is adapted to be supplied with
35 a portion of the lubricating oil which is delivered to the
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cylinder head 5 under pressure by a lubricating oil delivery
pump ( omitted in drawings ) from an oil pan 35 in order to
lubricate the valve actuation mechanism 20 within the rocker
arm chamber 19. The liquid-cooling jacket 34 is connected
5 in communication to a radiator ( an oil-cooler ) 36 arranged
above the fan casing 24 so that the lubricating oil passing
through the iacket 34 can be cooled by means of the radiator
36 and then returned to the oil pan 35.
Further, in the upper wall portion 26 of the encircling
10 wall 25 of the fan casing 24 at the side of the cylinder
head 5, there is provided a distribution opening 38
elongated laterally ~ in the left and right direction in
Fig.l ). The radiator 36 is arranged so as to cover the
outlet of the flow passage 39 of cooling air delivered
15 through the opening 38. And the cooling air flowing along
;the flow passage 39 is adapted to come into contact with the
radiator 36 and cool the radiator 36 sufficiently. In this
-~case, since the radiator 36 also fun~ctions as an air flow
resistance, the flow of cooling air delivered from the
20 opening 29 to the cylinder 4 is prevented from decreasing
extremely.
By the way, instead of the cylinder head 5 in which the
; ~liquid-coQling iacket 34 is formed substantially throughout
therein in this embodiment, may be adopted another cylinder
~`25 head in which the liquid-cooling jacket 34 is formed only
`around the in jection nozzle of the fuel in jector 18 so as to
carry out an intensive coolin8 of a portion subjected to a
especially large thermal load.
And the delivery openin8 29 formed by the cutout at the
30 upper portion of the back wall 30 of the draft chamber 27
may be replaced with another openin8 of the type comprisin8
the fan casin8 24 formed by an air 8uide plate configured in
an annular shape viewing from a back side and the draft
chamber 27 opened backward.
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modifying a portion of the first embodiment as follows.
That is, the portion 26 of the encircling wall 2 of the fan
casing 24 at the side of cylinder head 5 is formed in an
upwardly swelled out state. The radiator 36 is arranged
across a cooling air passage directed from the draft chamber
27 to the opening 38 within the swelled out portion 41.
Figures 4 through 6 show the second embodiment. Now
constructions different from the first embodiment will be
explained hereinafter. In this second embodiment, the
component Parts having the same function as ones in the
first embodiment are indicated by the same symbols.
In this embodiment, an internal combustion engine 1 is a
divided-combustion chamber tYPe Diesel engine.
And an upper portion 26 of an encircling wall 25 of a
fan casins 24 at the side of cylinder head 5 is located
substanatiallY at the same height as that of an upper end
surface of a cylinder head 5 at the side of a rocker arm
chamber 19. And the back wall ( the ri8ht side wall in Fig.
5 ) 28 of a draft chamber 27 formed within the fan casing 24
is provided with a coolins air delivery opening 29 which is
orientated to the cylinder 4 and the cylinder head 5. That
is, the same as the above-mentioned first embodiment, the
- back wall 30 of the draft chamber 27 is formed by the
outward extensions of the front end wall of the crankcase 3,
1 25 and a coolin8 air delivery oPening 43 for the cylinder 4 is
formed by cutting out the upper half of the back wall 30.
Further, a cooling air delivery opening 44 for the cylinder
head 5 is formed by oPening backward the upper portion of
' the draft chamber 27 within the fan casing 24. These
delivery openings 44, 43 for the cylinder and the cylinder
head form the deliverY opening 29 in combination.
Further, as shown in Figures 4 and 6. the cYlinder head
5 is Provided with a cooling air passage 45 formed at the
middle level thereof in such a way as extending in the fore
35 and rear direction so that the inlet of the passage 45 is
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orientated to the delivery opening 29.
And as shown in Fig. 6, the cylinder head 5 is provided
with a liquid-cooling jacket 34 formed around the divided-
combustion chamber 47. The lubricating oil delivercd from a
5 pump omitted in the drawin8s is adapted to be supplied to
the liquid-cooling jacket 34 via a delivery port 48 provided
at a lateral portion of the cylinder 4. The lubricating oil
gets hot by a heat absorption in the jacket 34. Then it is
adapted to be sent to a radiator 36 through its inlet pipe
10 49 in order to carry out a heat radiation therein and
returned to an oil pan 35.
And the cooling air flow delivered through the opening
29 is adapted to come into contact with cooling fins 32
formed on the peripheral wall of the cylinder 4 to cool the
15 cylinder 4 adequately as well as to come into contact with
the external periphery of the cylinder head 5 and the
internal periphery of the cooling air passage 45 to cool the
cylinder head 5. In this way, since the cylinder head 5 is
cooled effectivelY by air, the capacity of the radiator 36
20 can be reduced correspondingly and as a result the radiator
- can be reduced in size.
Figure 7 shows a variant example obtained by modifying
` a portion of the above-mentioned second embodiment as
follows. That is, the portion 26 of the encircling wall 25
25 of the fan casing 24 at the side of the cYlinder head 5 is
swelled out upwardlY. The radiator 36 is arran8ed within
the swelled out portion 52 across the cooling air passage
directed from the draft chamber 27 to the opening 38.
By the way, the lubricating oil used as the cooling
30 liquid for the cylinder head 5 in the above-mentioned
respective embodiments mlaY be replaced with water or other
kinds of liquid.
Further, instead of the vertical engine, a horizontal
engine maY be adopted as for the internal combustion engine.
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